It shouldn't have to take years of campaigns to get some newspapers to finally behave!

Fran

In 2010, in an initiative spearheaded by women's group EAVES, the Metropolitan Police wrote to every newspaper publisher in the UK urging them to remove sex ads because of their links with sex trafficking. This was backed by newspaper advisory body, The Press Association.

A number of newspaper groups (like the Guardian) now no longer carry porn & sex ads. However, many still do - like The Sport, the Metro & Evening Standard (found all over London's transport network) and many others.

Child Protection

We have a Watershed for TV - it's gotta be the same principle everywhere!

Tyler

Porn & sex ads in newspapers are surely an issue of child protection. And this is supported, at least in spirit, by The Serious Crime Act 'Communicating Sexual Material to a Child'.

It also makes a mockery of all Government efforts to try and reduce children's saturation with the porn and sex trade. Like its 'opt in' scheme for internet porn (which means that porn is now longer automatically available from your ISP, you have to 'opt in' for it) and its current plans to make all internet porn age-restricted.